Correction: Charles E. Funk Jr. Of East Granby A Former State

Librarian Who Died Friday, Was Appointed To The Post

In 1975 And Is Believed To Have Been The First Person

Promoted To The Job From Within The Staff Of The

State Libray. The Post Was Created In 1854. A Story

Sunday On Page B3 Incorrectly Reported When

Appointments Were First Made To The Post.

July 11, 1993

Charles E. Funk Jr. of East Granby, former state librarian, died Friday. He was 79.

Mr. Funk joined the staff of the Connecticut State Library in August 1965 as supervisor of the department of planning, evaluation and research. He was appointed state librarian Sept. 17, 1975, the first person ever appointed to the position. He resigned in 1979 to protest budget cuts that affected library services.

Mr. Funk was active in the Connecticut and New England library associations and other groups. He completed the manuscript "Horsefeathers and Other Curious Words," published in 1958, which was begun by his father.

He was employed by the American Cyanamid Co.'s research laboratories in Stamford from 1936 to 1965.

Mr. Funk was a 1950 graduate of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and earned a master's degree in library services from Columbia University in 1955